The FYI Friday lineup consists of a variety of campus partners presenting brief, one-off, awareness- or foundational skill-building topics of interest to a wide audience. Weekly sessions are available to all Oregon State University students, faculty and staff - and there is no cost to attend. Presented on Fridays, Fall through Spring.
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The Public Voices Fellowship program, facilitated by the OpEd Project, offers an unprecedented opportunity for mid-career and senior faculty members and administrators to receive training, engage with a prestigious network of journalists, and be part of a professional development cohort centering around public impact and media communications.
Cost varies; cost sharing may be available.
This workshop explores the theory and practice of equity literacy as a strategy for organizational change. To understand the foundations of equity literacy, participants will apply equity literacy skills through collaborative case analysis. Together, participants will grow their dynamic and adaptive skill sets to respond to organizational inequity.
This is an interactive, multimodal workshop that utilizes group work and case-based learning.
The Provost Fellows program complements the University’s commitment to develop and mentor effective leadership by providing intense and focused experiences in leadership and administrative roles at the senior levels of the institution. In collaboration with the Provost's Office and their assigned mentor, Fellows will develop specific project plans and outcomes to meet the strategic area and further their leadership skills. This is an interactive, multimodal developmental opportunity for tenured academic faculty.
This workshop raises participants’ consciousness to contemporary Queer and Trans issues in higher education. Participants will be challenged to broaden and complicate their understandings of gender and sexuality. Participants will also investigate the interdependent systems of oppression which sustain inequities for Queer and Trans people. Participants will also be equipped with skills and resources to develop their capacity to engage in solidarity with Queer and Trans people.
This workshop introduces core concepts of culturally responsive teaching. Participants will expand their notions of excellence in teaching and cultivate enthusiasm about beginning or continuing cultural responsive practice. Participants will generate ideas about where and how they may begin to transform their teaching practices to redress educational inequities.
This is an interactive, multimodal workshop that utilizes group work and multimedia activities.
The Faculty Success Program is a 12-week, online program that was designed to teach tenure-track and tenured faculty the skills they need to increase both their research and writing productivity while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
Participants must be nominated by their dean.
Hosted by National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD), sponsored by Faculty Affairs.
Cost varies; cost sharing by academic college and Faculty Affairs is available. Click this card to learn more!
Faculty who would like to organize and lead a small group of peers to focus on a particular topic of interest may be eligible for operational support from the Office of Faculty Affairs. Written proposals by academic faculty leaders who would like to organize a community of practice may be submitted to the Office of Faculty Affairs (click this card to learn more).
This workshop attempts to demystify the theory and practice of social justice leadership and offers vivid and tangible examples of core concepts relative to participants institutional roles. In addition to exploring conceptual frameworks for identity, power, and privilege, participants will draw upon their own experiences to illustrate the concepts of the workshop and develop a depth of understanding that prepares them to educate others.
This is an interactive, multimodal workshop.
Focused area each term, varies each year.
2021 areas of focus: Career Planning | Mentoring Networks
Interactive and multimodal.
